15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 09 – Otaru Canal and Sakaimachi Street

We left the Otaru Aquarium after the penguin walk in time to catch the 11:45AM-ish bus ride back into Otaru Central, stopping by the Victoria Station steakhouse for lunch. After that, it was a leisurely walk – in snowfall but

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 09 – Otaru Aquarium

Sankaku Market done; the next place on the itinerary was Otaru Aquarium where we’d spend the rest of the morning. We swing back to the bus terminal, look for station counter 3, and board bus 11. The Otaru Aquarium Pass

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 09 – Otaru Sankaku Market

Day 09 is our day trip to Otaru. The forecast for Day 09 the day before reported that there would be a good chance of snow fall in Sapporo. As it turned out, snowfall started probably late night that by

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 08 – Shikotsu-Toya National Park

Two of the popular lakes for sightseeing in Hokkaido are Shikotsu, and Toya, both of which are located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Both are reachable from Sapporo through good road connections, but because of the amount of driving involved –

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 07 – Sapporo – Sapporo TV Tower

One of Sapporo’s most famous landmarks is its Sapporo TV Tower, which sits on one end of Odori Park. The digital clocks – courtesy of Panasonic – installed on all four sides of the tower don’t just tell time: they

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 07 – Sapporo – Former Hokkaidō Government Office and Sapporo Clock Tower

Armed with the new Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens from the Yodabashi camera outlet near Hokkaido University, and also this time I was checking every couple minutes to make sure that the BlackRapid sling swivel was still firmly attached to the

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